Gabriel-Marie Garrone

Gabriel-Marie Garrone (12 October 1901 in Aix-les-Bains, Savoie, France – 15 January 1994 in Rome, Italy) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and a Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education.

His Eminence

Gabriel-Marie Garrone
President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Appointed20 May 1982
Term ended19 April 1988
SuccessorPaul Poupard
Other postsCardinal-Priest of Santa Sabina (1967–94)
Orders
Ordination11 April 1925
Consecration24 June 1947
by Emile Maurice Guerry
Created cardinal26 June 1967
by Pope Paul VI
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Birth nameGabriel-Marie Garrone
Born12 October 1901
Aix-les-Bains, France
Died15 January 1994(1994-01-15) (aged 92)
Rome, Italy
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Alma materPontifical Gregorian University
MottoOmne bonum a Patre
Coat of arms
Styles of
Gabriel-Marie Garrone
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal
SeeTorri di Numidia (titular see)

Gabriel-Marie Garrone was born in Aix-les-Bains, France. He entered the seminary and was educated at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and later, at the Pontifical French Seminary also in Rome.

Priesthood

He was ordained on 11 April 1925 and served as a faculty member of the Minor Seminary of Chambéry until 1926 when he was a faculty member of the Major Seminary until 1939. He did pastoral work in the archdiocese of Chambéry during these years also. He was an officer in the French Army during World War II and a prisoner of war. After the war he was the rector of the Major Seminary of Chambéry until 1947.[1][2]

Episcopate

Pope Pius XII appointed him titular archbishop of Lemnos and coadjutor bishop of Toulouse on 24 April 1947. He was consecrated exactly two months later. He succeeded to the metropolitan see of Toulouse on 5 November 1956. He attended the Second Vatican Council in Rome from 1962 until 1965. He was appointed Pro-Prefect of the Prefect of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities by Pope Paul VI on 28 January 1966. He was transferred to the titular see of Torri di Numidia on 24 March 1966.

Cardinalate

He was created and proclaimed Cardinal-Priest of Santa Sabina in the consistory of 26 June 1967. Pope Paul named him full Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education and grand chancellor of the Pontifical Gregorian University on 17 January 1968. He took part in the conclaves that elected Pope John Paul I and Pope John Paul II in August and October. He resigned the prefecture on 15 January 1980. He lost the right to participate in any future conclaves when he turned 80 years of age in 1981. He was appointed as the first President of the newly established Pontifical Council for Culture on 20 May 1982. He resigned the presidency in 1988. He died in 1994 and was buried temporarily at the Campo Verano, Rome, awaiting completion of his definitive tomb in the church of San Luigi dei Francesi.

References
  1. "Gabriel-Marie Cardinal Garrone". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  2. Miranda, Salvador. "GARRONE, Gabriel-Marie (1901-1994)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Florida International University.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Giuseppe Pizzardo		 Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education
17 January 1968 – 15 January 1980		 Succeeded by
William Wakefield Baum
Preceded by
none, newly established		 President of the Pontifical Council for Culture
20 May 1982 – 19 April 1988		 Succeeded by
Paul Poupard
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